Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
released a strong message warning that European missile defense and
unilateral military action may work to destabilize international
security and strategic stability around the world.

The harsh statement was released by President Dmitry Medvedev and his
counterparts from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan in Moscow on Tuesday.

The leaders made specific
mention of the missile defense system that the United States is
currently constructing in Eastern Europe, just miles from the Russian
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"CSTO, a security alliance that was signed into force in May 1992, made a thinly veiled comment regarding NATO's military operation in Libya when it mentioned the "increasing tendency for military intervention" in countries that are experiencing domestic crises.

""Since the [collective security] Agreement was signed, international relations have been increasingly characterized by a rise in tensions. Serious concern is being caused by the…tendency for military intervention in critical situations," the CSTO said on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Agreement and the tenth anniversary of the CSTO."